ZK-SAM, ZK-SAMp, ZK- MPS User Manual
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1. 32 ZK Celltest Inc Configuration Menus Some menu items may not appear if their associated option has not been purchased For example if you did not purchase the CDMA technology option then CDMA Cellnames will not appear in the menu When CONFIGURATION is selected from the main menu the following screen is displayed Delete Log Files This function is used to clear the data on the Compact Flash card Device Setup In the Configuration menu select Device Setup to configure the ports This menu allows you to configure ports for the user selected data collection devices When selected the following screen will appear ZK User Manual 33 Setting up a CDMA Phone The following screen allows the user to set up a CDMA phone as Phone Two The autodial can be set up and the phone number can be entered by the user In addition the user can choose to log CDMA Over the Air mes sages By pressing the Voice Auto Dial Setup menu item with the Kyocera phone selected the following menu appears The autodial mode can be repeating continuous or turned off When the mode is set for repeating the call length must be set When the unit is in the SAM ALL mode the phone will continue to make repeated calls The phone will stop autodialling when the unit is not in the SAM ALL mode 34 ZK Celltest Inc The call down length can be set differently for CDMA calls and analog calls In some networks wh2. CELLTEST ZK SAM ZK SAMp ZK MPS User Manual ZK Celltest Inc 256 Gibraltar Drive Suite 109 Sunnyvale CA 94089 Tel 408 752 0449 Fax 408 752 0477 Web www zk com e mail support zk com Release Version 9 0 Log Format Version 6 14 Release Date January 26 2007 ZK Celltest User Manual Table of Contents Wis CaM At A A Configuration an Ri A se triast D Features Table AAA 3 Compatible Phones nun ii 3 Quick arta aa Voice Call Testing zerlegen 4 Data Call Testing Ae P 4 LK SAM AAA A series rato Storseier sesos 5 ZK SAMD essen 5 PK MBPS A e 5 Q ick Sarli Voice Call Testing se ea eU e a cea 6 Data Call Testing diiniita rta anna REA 6 Operation amp Screens scene Status EIemie DES aan sense adenda 7 Compact Flash Memory Card io ok es 8 Phone 1 2 3 4 and 5 Indicators uiu ducc ee 8 Removable BATE east 8 Battery Level Indicator e ida ceto vod tia A ped een an I LL d eatin 9 Memory Indicator a dao dedu 9 Markers en T 9 Time wil GPS Available sI at retia dba edid Ud Ee anus 9 Summary OF SCEeGTIS iin En Un cous NEGAR URN rare 10 Mann Menu sias ao Ree pe BERN Hehe se ETT 11 SAM ALL Screens nissen 12 COMA Summary GER A rebua A A ee 12 Sereen Bleed odia 12 EvDO Summary Screen A e 14 CDMA EAMPS Hand id 15 IDI DLO TIOHODITS seated E ES E E IEE 16 CDMA Message Screen Senn ie 17 CDMA EvDO Message Screen st AS ds 18 PN Call Follow Scr
3. The following screen shows the setup menu for a Retriever in the Follow_Mode In this mode the Retriever can be configured to follow a CDMA phone follow phone connected to another port The follow phone makes voice or data calls and the Retriever scans the PNs on the same carrier channel as the follow phone In addition the Retriever is using the same PN Increment that the follow phone is told to be used by the network The retriever compares the Ec Io values of the PNs it scans with the follow phone s neighbor list and values If there are PNs that are stronger than the Missing Neighbor threshold and are not in the neighbor list then they are Missing Neighbors There are three modes for the Missing Neighbor Threshold as follows USER In this mode the user chooses a fixed value in Ec Io dB When the Retriever measures detects a PN that is not in the Neighbor list AND is stronger than the threshold it is displayed and logged as a Missing Neighbor e T DROP The unit obtains the value of T DROP from the follow phone The T DROP value is used as the Missing Neighbor thresh old When the Retriever measures detects a PN that is not in the Neighbor list AND is stronger than T DROP it is displayed and logged as a Missing Neighbor e T ADD The unit obtains the value of T ADD from the follow phone The T ADD value is used as the Missing Neighbor threshold When the Retriever measures detects a PN that is not in the Neighbor list AND is
4. scanners lt lt Integrated Phone 2 g 3 ES O o c lt gi lt lt lt lt Comarco PN Comarco GSMBSIC N N Y ComcoEDO N N Y Poe N Y IN pes Y Y Y Z Z Z Z lt lt lt z lt lt lt z Compatible Phones Go to_http www zk com support release_info html for an updated list of compatible phones ZK Celltest Inc Quick Start NOTE The Compact Flash memory card must be securely in its slot for the unit to function properly When removing the Compact Flash card you must FIRST turn the unit off otherwise you risk losing data and corrupting the compact flash card file system Voice Call Testing To get up and running right away do the following Step 1 Securely install the Compact Flash memory card in the unit Step2 After installation turn on the phones and turn on power Step 3 In the Phone Setup Screen select the correct phones for the phone connections Step 4 In the Main Menu highlight SAM ALL and press ENTER Step 5 Use the arrow keys to change screens Data Call Testing To get up and running right away do the following Step 1 Securely install the Compact Flash memory card in the unit Step2 After installation turn on the phones turn on power Step 3 In the Phone Setup Screen configure for the CDMA or GSM phone and connect the data capable phone to the unit NOTE Data testing works only when the di
5. Menu and the ENTER key is depressed CDMA Summary Active Agg Ec lo Serving Channel data zoom line Hyperband annel RxAGC A Eclo TxPur TxAdj FER Active Set zi unknoun 19 19 12 unkno unknown TW 25 unknown 21 2 unknown BZ Strongest Ps pol we 25 Candidates Neigh N eighbors COMA Summary 000 20 36 40 mm Scanner Candidate Set Neighbor Set The Zoom Summary data screen is the one most commonly used because it summarizes all the phone data collected Screen Elements Zoom Line Paging channels are shown as inverse video light text on a dark background Traffic channels are shown as normal video dark text on a light background The following values for the active channel appear in the zoom line from left to right Hyperband Indicator A lower case p indicates that the phone is on a PCS channel a lower case c indicates that the phone is on a cellular channel Frequency Channel Indicates the center frequency channel for the CDMA channel ZK User Manual 13 RxAGC RSSI The signal strength of the frequency channel in dBm Agg Eclo Represents the aggregate Ec Io of the Active Set in dB Tx Power Transmit power of the phone in units of dBm Dis played only when a call is in progress Tx Gain Adjust Transmit gain adjust of the phone in units of dB Displayed only when a call is in progress FER Frame error rate of the downlink in
6. Replay You can use the arrow keys to maneuver the time at which you want to start Replay Press Enter to exit this screen and view the other screens To go back to Real time press the F4 Real Time function key ZK User Manual 31 Audible Alerts The user can set up audible alerts See Device Setup beginning on page 32 To view the alerts the following screen is displayed 94175 03 Base ID UEM Type _jLul Threshold 61 38 Low EC IO 6 lt 86 00 37 Low EC IO 6 lt 9 59 36 Low EC IO 4 lt 86 58 35iLow EC IO 5 lt 8 57 34Low EC IO 4 4Phone Alerts 50400 17 01 52 2 Scanner Replay This screen shows the time of the alert alert type the value measured and the threshold set by the user When an alert occurs a voice announcement is played through the display speaker Log Memory Log data is stored directly to the compact flash card in the directory zk logs Data is stored in 30 minute or one session length files whichever is less When the disk is full the oldest log file is deleted and replaced by the new est log file Log data is an ASCII comma delimited format Contact ZK Celltest for a detailed description of the log file format For mapping the log files can be imported by EZ2Map Actix Wind Catcher converted to MapInfo by the CellMap program or can be uploaded to the RMS Server for post processing analysis See www zk com for details on EZ2Map CellMap and RMS Server
7. are colored Voice channel messages are highlighted in yellow Parts of the Order messages are decoded All the messages are logged for further decoding and post processing 18 ZK Celltest Inc CDMA EvDO Message Screen With the EvDO option enabled an additional EVDO message screen is dis played Sector ID24 h EvDO channel PN SINK E Ana En TxPwr 1175 90 7 9 012A01 Ec lo RSSI 64 nn ssichan Eroto Hane Summary 4EVDO Messages gt 0 0017 00 50 siia Scanner Down Replay The CDMA EvDO message screen displays the over the air messages Uplink and downlink messages are colored Voice channel messages are highlighted in yellow All the messages are logged for further decoding and post processing ZK User Manual 19 PN Call Follow Screen If the PN Scanner is set to the Call Follow mode then the following screen will be available for display This screen shows the current channel infor mation in the top row the Active Set information just below it and under that one in the lower row the Pilot Polluters and Missing Neighbors Channel BxAGC fi EcIo TxPur Tx dj FER Active Set PHjEcIo Cellname PN EcIo Cellname 2 TT premier aun t din aid d Pilot Missing Pilot Polluters Missing Neighbors CDMA Data Testing Screen With the data testing option enabled the following screen will be available The throughput values are displayed in text and graphical formats The
8. by selecting Off Auto Keylock When enabled this feature turn off functionality of the keypad except the ESC key while in SAM ALL mode and driving more than 5mph This is a safety feature 54 ZK Celltest Inc GPS Setup This screen is only available on units with the GPS option Use the ENTER key to turn off GPS data collection by changing YES to NO for those times when you don t have GPS available such as when using the ZK SAMp in a building Alternately switch back to YES by hitting the ENTER key Use the ENTER key to change to the number of minutes the unit may wait to obtain a GPS before automatically going into data collection mode Use the arrow keys to change in a range of 0 to 45 minutes then press enter Audible alerts that inform the user when a loss of GPS signal occurs can be turned on or off ZK User Manual 55 Features The unit can be configured from one phone port and one technology to three phone ports three technologies and CDMA data testing To enable any of these features you must purchase the option from ZK Celltest If you have purchased any of these options on a new unit or sent your unit in for a hardware upgrade along with buying any of these options then ZK will enable these features for you at the factory If you want to purchase the option and would like to enable the feature yourself then you will need to contact ZK and provide your Purchase Order r
9. make CDMA CS circuit switched CDMA QNC Quick Net Connect 38 ZK Celltest Inc 152000 1XRTT sometime referred to as 2 5G or 3G DialNumber This is the phone number that the phone dials to establish a data call Contact the network provider for the correct number Username This is the username required for the phone to log into the wireless data network Contact the network provider for the correct username Password This is the password required for the phone to log into the wireless data network Contact the network provider for the correct password Dual Port Setup This is NOT required for USB connected phones This is only required for phones that connect to the RJ45 connectors or ones that use a serial to USB cable for connecting a serial phone to the USB port on the ZK unit The first time you connect your data equipped phone to Port 1 you will need to enable the Dual Port Mode In order to establish a data call and log system performance data from the phone two serial port communication is required between the phone and the unit Off the shelf phones have only one serial port enabled You will need to enable the Dual Port mode only once for each phone The following screen displays the Dual Port setup Make sure the Security Code is correct for your phone Typically it is 000000 Highlight Enable Dual Port Mode and press ENTER It should only take a few seconds If you have a problem turn the phon
10. percentages FER is calcu lated every 100 frames 2 seconds by taking the number of bad frames and dividing by 100 Displayed only when a call is in progress Table The table shows the Active set strongest candidates and strongest neighbors PNs Ec Io and cellnames color coded by neighbor set type Graph The graph shows the aggregate Ec Io of the Active set strongest candidates and strongest neighbors over a 40 second scrolling time win dow color coded by neighbor set type 14 ZK Celltest Inc EvDO Summary Screen With the EvDO option an additional summary screen is available Since the EvDO phone is monitoriong both the CDMA channel and the EvDO chan nel an additional summary screen is provided SINR Sector ID24 hex EvDO channel PN TxPwr or Cellname E 4EVDO Summary 0500 16 59 49 Sia Scanner Replay ZK User Manual 15 CDMA EAMPS Handoff An example of the CDMA EAMPS Handoff screen is shown below Serving Channel Channel RxAGC A Eclo TxPwr TxAdj FER Prior soft hard handoffs 37 28 5e EL CDMA Han O KIEI Scanner cpm This screen shows the last 10 soft hard handoffs The information dis played in the table is the last measured data just prior to the handoff The following describes the items in the columns e mmiss the time in minutes seconds the handoff occurred e Chan Carrier frequency of the channel just prior to the handoff e Rssi Received Sig
11. stronger than T ADD it is displayed and logged as a Missing Neighbor If there are PNs that are not in the Active Set and are within the range of the Pilot Pollution threshold then they are Pilot Polluters The Pilot Pollu tion threshold value is set by the user Pilot polluters can come from PNs in or not in the follow phone s Neighbor list ZK User Manual 41 A PN is a Pilot Polluter when the Aggregate Ec Io of the Active Set minus the Ec Io of the measured PN is lower than the Pilot Pollution threshold Agg Ec Io PN Ec Io Pilot Pollution Threshold For example if the Pilot Pollution threshold is 5dB the Aggregate Ec Io of the Active Set is 6dB and the measured PN is 10dB the PN is a Pilot Polluter 6 10 4 As you can see 4 is less than 5 so the PN is a Pilot Polluter Setting up the Comarco HPN PN Scanner To setup the Comarco PN Scanner on the ZK MPS select Scanner and HPN on the following screen There are two modes for the HPN In Scan Channel mode the HPN scans all PNs in up to five user defined carrier channels The PN Increment can be any number from 1 to 15 This value should be equal to the PN Incre ment set in the infrastructure Typically this value is either 2 or 3 If you are not sure what the setting should be use 1 When the PN Increment is 1 then all 512 PNs are scanned in each channel When it is set to 2 then every other PN is scanned and so on The higher the PN Inc
12. The unit ships with settings defaulted to the ZK FTP servers Ninety days of service are free at the time of purchase of the data testing feature Addi tional access to the ZK servers must be purchased Users can set up their own FTP server however the FTP settings for the IP Address Username password and download file must match the settings on the FTP server The user can change the size of the file that is used for the FTP upload Note The default password for the ZK Server is hidden If you are using the ZK server service and your usage time runs out you need to contact ZK to extend the service HTTP Test The third of three data tests performed This test can be individually turned ON or OFF ZK User Manual 37 HTTP Test Setup Allows the user to set up the HTTP session parameters Highlighting DATA TEST HTTP SETUP and pressing ENTER displays the following screen The unit ships with settings defaulted to the ZK HTTP servers Ninety days of service come free with the purchase of the data testing feature Addi tional usage time for the ZK servers must be purchased Users can set up their own HTTP server however the HTTP settings for the IP Address and download file must match the settings on the HTTP server Link Setup Allows the users to set up the wireless link parameters Highlighting this and pressing ENTER displays the following screen Link Type The user can choose the type of data call to
13. a Testing 43 Data Festing cdi iran 43 Auto Reial uni Hehe este cannes 44 FTP Uploads uo ii etat ccs 44 FTP Download seen 44 FIP Setpa O E 44 HTTP HC 45 HTTP Test SetUD a poe dada 46 Buen Eq 47 Detault Seps rasen 47 Setting up the GSM Scanner Phone esee 48 User defined channels for GSM Scanning 49 GSM CDMA Cell Sit ni id pa 50 Global A Gara su 53 Auto ld a e 53 Auto Keyl cic ceca esate a gus sande eat aca O AR A A T 53 GPS UD E A eae as 54 ZK Celltest User Manual TECOTUTOSS 22 E 55 Appendix A Cellsite File Format v4 1 1 ssoseoesssococcsssssccecssssssoseessoo A 1 Confidential amp Proprietary ZK User Manual Installation Use supplied mount and screws to mount display GPS Antenna Power PWR 12VDC Unswitched Red Ignition Sense Switched Yellow Phone connections Ground Blade Sd Fuse taps and fuses included in installation kit Installation Your unit came with the fused vehicle power assembly Step 1 Crimp one of the mini fused leads to the Red Constant Power wire of the Unit Power Assembly cable Step 2 Crimp the other mini fused lead to the Yellow Ignition Sensor wire of the Unit Power Assembly cable Step 3 Crimp the ring lug to the Black Ground wire of the Unit Power Assembly cable Step 4 Referring to your vehicle owner s manual locate a fuse position with consta
14. anner 7 pec MC Phone 5 data Replay Up to 30 minutes of log data for Replay is stored automatically To enter replay mode press the F4 function key and wait a couple seconds The bottom row of the display will look like the following lt lt gt gt gt RealTime The data on the display will be paused at the time you pressed the Replay function key NOTE Real time data will continue to be logged to the Flash card while you are in the Replay mode The double left arrows increment backwards in time to the nearest event or 30 secinds whichever comes first The double right arrows do the same in the forward direction The single arrow is Play When data is playing the single arrow turns into a double line which is the Pause button 30 ZK Celltest Inc To identify where you are in time press the Enter key while in Replay mode and the following screen will appear IR Type of Event Value 9 39 4 Low ECIO The ENT button toggles this screen LERR A 16 58 26 17 01 59 4Replay Status 0600 16 58 28 kirs B gt gt RealTime The top half shows the events that have occured The blue bar across the middle bottom part of the screen indicates your current position in time rel ative to the amount of data stored In this case you are near the beginning of the data If the blue bar is filled then you would be near or at the end of the data time when you entered
15. background The following values for the active channel appear in the zoom line from left to right Frequency Channel with Hyperband Indicator e Receive Power signal strength in dBm e Channel Set Abbreviation SAT e Power Level PL Transmit power of the phone repre sented as 0 through 7 as defined in the EAMPS specification Hyperband Indicator A lower case p indicating the phone is on a PCS channel or a lower case c indicating the phone is on a cellular channel Graph The graph will display the RSSI of the serving channel adjacent channels and strongest analog and digital control channels IMPORTANT The maximum RSSI reported by the some CDMA phones in analog EAMPS mode is 80dBm If the actual RSSI is 79dBm or greater the phone will report 80dbm The minimum value reported by these phones is 105dBm If the unit is equipped with an internal scanning receiver the RSSI measurement will be reported from this receiver The RSSI range of the internal scanning receiver is 40dBm to 100dBm ZK User Manual 29 Phone Summary This screen displays key information for up to five phones simultaneously The screen is a combination of text and graphics Users can compare the performance of different systems and technologies or view data from mul tiple phones on the same system ae 1 data Phone 2 data Phone 3 data Phone 4 data Ni 53 _ 89 la 1 Phone Summary 50 00 20 34 41 nn Sc
16. bar graphs are color coded based on the throughput level T4177 RxAGC A Eclo Base ID e I 198 238 38 4 Sru 209 076 218 055 FTP Down FTP Up Status dins Waiting Disabled Bytes sec current lr ENTM average MIETE97 IP0531 peak MITTE ATI a Progress EE bytes MiT264 0 4Data Testing 50600 17 01 035 Scanner Replay 20 ZK Celltest Inc CDMA EvDO Data Testing Screen When performing an EvDO data test the following data testing screen is available SINR Sector ID24 Hex EvDO channel PN l or Cellname Ec lo RSSI gm E FTP DL IP 70 198 230 38 Parameter Current Average RLP DL TP 945 Kbis Phys Fwd 1566 Kbis BER 0 4EVDO Data 0 0017 01 59 25 lt lt gt gt Real Time e FTP DL IP IP address of the phone under test e DRC Data Rate Control The fastest data rate that can be supported Indicator of the quality of the radio channel e APPL TP Application Layer Throughput e RLP DL TP Radio Link Protocol Downlink Throuput Essentially the throughput of the RF link Phys Fwd Throuput of the Physical Layer Forward Path BER Bit Error Rate ZK User Manual 21 PN Scan Screen When the PN Scanner is set to scan user settable channels the following screen is available Up to five CDMA carriers can be displayed on a single screen The three strongest PNs along with their Ec Io are displayed for each carrier The top 25 PNs ar
17. channel and neighbors in tabular form including the user defined cellnames 24 ZK Celltest Inc GSM Handoff An example of the GSM Handoff screen is shown below 625A 89 44 CID 25773 0 CA ___ Paging channel is in white _ Traffic channel is in yellow Seane ENS This screen shows the last 9 handoffs The information displayed in the table is the last measured data just prior to the handoff Description of column headings e RSSI Received Signal Strength just prior to the handoff e dRSSI delta in Received Signal Strength Rssi after minus Rssi before e BSIC BSIC just prior to handoff e NI Strongest neighbor channel just prior to handoff e RSSI NI1 RSSI of strongest neighbor channel just prior to handoff e BSIC N1 Color code BSIC of strongest neighbor channel just prior to handoff ZK User Manual 25 GSM Messages An example of the GSM Messages screen is shown below 625A 88 44 CID 25773 0235 Paging channel IMM_ASS 46 CC PAG REQ 1 is in white 6 26 CC PAG REQ 1 45 50 D CC PAG_REQ 1 n5 50D CC PAG REQ 1 yJD CC IMM RSS ID CC IMM ASS 3 1MM RSS PRG REQ 1 3GSM Messages A User can scroll to view last 1001 messages Traffic channel 1s in yellow i Forward and reverse traffic channels are colored Over the air GSM messages are displayed and logged The user can use the function keys to scroll and view the las
18. d up to 4 characters for the sector ID Screen space and character width will dictate the number of characters displayed on the screen Typically 8 cell site name characters and 2 sector ID characters will be displayed The cellsite table can be modified with a text editor and imported back into the unit When modifying the cellsite table on your PC it is recommended you use a non formatting text editor such as Notepad or WordPad to make your changes Make sure you save it as a text file or MSDOS text file when using these programs If you use Word to edit your text be sure to save the file as MS DOS text for the file type If you use Excel make sure you save it as a comma delimited CSV text file To import a cellname table from the PC copy the cellsite txt file from your PC onto the Import directory of the Compact Flash card Insert the card into the unit turn it on and select Import from the CDMA Cellname config uration menu NOTE The file must ne named cellsite txt and place in the import directory on the flash card Then the user must import the file using the import command in the Cell Site Names menu The cellsite names are logged in the PC PS and HC messages The cellsite names are displayed on the CDMA and GSM Summary screens ZK User Manual 53 Global Setup Auto Start This tells the unit to automatically go to the SAM ALL screens or the Select Channel screens after the unit is powered on You can disable this
19. e are free at the time of purchase of the data testing feature Addi tional access to the ZK servers must be purchased Users can set up their own FTP server however the FTP settings for the IP Address Username password and download file must match the settings on the FTP server The user can change the size of the file that is used for the FTP upload ZK User Manual 45 Note The default password for the ZK Server is hidden If you are using the ZK server service and your usage time runs out you need to contact ZK to extend the service HTTP Test The third of three data tests performed This test can be individually turned ON or OFF 46 ZK Celltest Inc HTTP Test Setup Allows the user to set up the HTTP session parameters Highlighting DATA TEST HTTP SETUP and pressing ENTER displays the following screen The unit ships with settings defaulted to the ZK HTTP servers Ninety days of service come free with the purchase of the data testing feature Addi tional usage time for the ZK servers must be purchased Users can set up their own HTTP server however the HTTP settings for the IP Address and download file must match the settings on the HTTP server ZK User Manual 47 Link Setup Allows the users to set up the wireless link parameters Highlighting this and pressing ENTER displays the following screen DialNumber This is the phone number that the phone dials to establish a data ca
20. e current location of the unit By highlighting Cell Site Names in the Configuration menu and press ing the enter key the following screen will be displayed Default settings are pre loaded By highlighting Default Setting and pressing ENTER the following screen will appear ZK User Manual 51 The user selects the technology in the following screen By selecting GSM in the previous screen the folowing screen appears The user can select any of the default items corresponding to their fre quency band For GSM the default cellnames consist of NAMEXX where XX is the BSIC value For CDMA the default cellnames consist of NAMEXXX where XXX is the PN Offset value See Appendix A Cellsite File Format v4 1 on page A 1 for the file for mat of the cellsite txt file Users can create their own cellname table by exporting the default table and using it as a template to add their cellnames of choice To export a cell name file to the PC select Export and the file will be placed in the ZK EXPORT directory on the Compact Flash card with the file name cellname txt IMPORTANT The cellsite name can consist only of the following characters A Z 0 9 or _ Space characters are NOT allowed Using other characters is not supported and will cause unpre dictable results 52 ZK Celltest Inc NOTE Up to 20 characters can be stored and logged for the cellsite name an
21. e is intended to be the same for all sectors in the same Cell Sector ID field is intended to differientiate sectors on a cell CellSiteName and SectorlD will be shown as follows in screen and log files SectorlD CellSiteName If the string length of SectoriD CellS iteN ame gt the length of the string of SectorlD CellSiteName will be clipped 3 Cell Site Name N FirstSt 1 20 char gt no 4 Latitude 5 Longitude 37 3800 degrees 90 90 no Degrees decimal formatis required Six digits of GPS are preserved on 121 9409 degrees 180 180 no export sector Orientation 0 degrees is north 90 degrees is east 180 degrees is south 270 degrees is 25 degrees 0 359 yes west A 2 ZK Celltest Inc Cellsite txt Version 4 1 sector 7 Beam Width 120 degrees 1 360 yes c Cellular Hypeband must be c for Analog Celltype p PCS 8 Hyperband C 1 char no g GSM 900 d DCS 1800 Must be A if hyperband is g or d 9 Band A 1 char 2 F n Must be A or B if hyperband is c Optional for CellType C or T If CellType A this field is required 10 Analog DCC 2 integer 0 3 yes Hyperband must be c if DCC is specified If SAT is specified then DCC must be specified as well Optional for CellType C or T 11 Analog SAT 1 integer 0 2 yes CET Ypes he his eldis u Hyperband must be c if SAT is specified If DCC is specified then SAT must be speci
22. e logged for each carrier If multiple PN Scanners are attached then each Scanner will be associated with its own screen The up down arrow keys are used to switch between scanners Strongest PNs in each carrier Chan O eate EN Eee Carriers P 100 up to 5 P 50 3PN Scan Channels 0 00 21 30 25 f Phone The PN scanner can be programmed to scan up to 5 carriers The top 3 PNs in each carrier is displayed The top 25 PNs in each carrier is logged 22 ZK Celltest Inc GSM Summary 1 The following screen shows the measured data for GSM Summary 1 Serving channel data zoom line Serving Channel AIO P FER and neighbor RSSI 23 0x 2792 4 a 235 Ag 2 30 20 2016 GSM Summary Parameters shown are as follows e 6219 channel number ARFCN or BCCH e C Time slot 02A 7 G dBm RSSI Sub 92 e BSIC Base Station Identifier Code 10 e CID Cell Identity 8513 MAIO 2 PL Mobile Transmit Power 0 TA Timing Advance 1 e RLT Radio Link Timeout Q RxQUAL Sub Audio quality measurement 4 FER Frame Error rate LAC Location Area Code 235 ZK User Manual 23 GSM Summary 2 The following screen shows the measured data for GSM Summary 2 Serving channel data zoom line 89 44 CID 25773 3 52 0 FER 0 Serving Channel MAIO PL and neighbor RSSI 0 0 235 Cellname and BSIC 5GSM Summary A Scanner This screen displays the GSM serving
23. e off and on then try again ZK User Manual 39 NOTE For serial phones dual port function will not operate if the phone is connected to the unit through a car kit When not performing data testing disable the dual port mode to allow the phone to communicate through a car kit Default Setup This selection will default all of the data testing settings back to using the ZK Servers for FTP and HTTP factory defaults NOTE Default settings will NOT work for the Link Setup The Link Setup needs to be configured as it is dependent on the service provider and the phone Setting up the Retriever Phone PN Scanner By selecting the Retriever in the Phone Setup menu and the Scan Channel mode the following screen will appear There are two modes for the Retriever In Scan Channel mode the Retriever scans all PNs in up to five user defined carrier channels The PN Increment can be any number from 1 to 15 This value should be equal to the PN Increment set in the infrastructure Typically this value is either 2 or 3 If you are not sure what the setting should be use 1 When the PN Increment is 1 then all 512 PNs are scanned in each channel When it is set to 2 then every other PN is scanned and so on The higher the PN Incre ment value the faster the scanning speed however only incrementally faster Typical scanning speed for a single carrier with a PN Increment of 2 is approximately 4 seconds 40 ZK Celltest Inc
24. een a 19 CDMA Data Testing Screen Lan adi i n 19 CDMA EvDO Data Testing Screen eese eene 20 EN SCOMS CEEOTI vet Ee TEE ee RE TRIN NET DOES 21 GSM Summary TT 22 GSM SUmnary a 23 GSM Ha doff xvii ed tiia ICA ran D rea Hd hele 24 GSM MESSI DES deeem adi ede e ve x UP Rs gae RA edat TS aida earl d RI cds 25 Confidential amp Proprietary GSM RSSI BSIC Scanning Screen acooiiiini nononsianosionidacodaninoosdanadanianadanacdan s 26 GPRS EDGE Data Testing Screen sss eene zr EAMPS Summary ud dines A mde dubai uo e RUNS ERA RU UG 28 Phone SUMMON giis as 29 Replay ulcera R pebd sse DEDCAPUEOE CR ET 29 Audible Alerts socle series roe sea EUER T Pe YS NEN RAT aii ada Dena IE 31 Lo Memory aia aia 31 Configuration Men s eem 32 Delete Log Files Leo 32 DEVICE SEUA RAS AS EE A LA TE 32 Setting up a CDMA Phone u u n200esdsesessinnnsn 33 Alerts Setup A ai d o ee O e 34 Setting up a CDMA Phone for Data Testing sse 35 Data Lestin a zarte 35 Atto Redial ss igs nt E E E E iuda 35 FTP Upload csi id tae EE R 36 FTP Downloadi eee iaa RU Ue 36 FTP SEUD Lane 36 A c CI 36 PET PES SS DUE ad enable 34 Link Setup ida 37 D al Port Sep at nahe 38 Default Setup ac een RE 39 Setting up the Retriever Phone PN Scanner essen 39 Setting up the Comarco HPN PN Scanner eese 41 Setting up a GSM Phone zn ee ee 42 Setting up a GSM phone for GPRS_EDGE Dat
25. eens Traffic Channel Yellow Background Idle White Background Power On Off Escape Key Enter Key Volume unknoun 5 unknown unknown Backlight AGE 0t 56 d Scanner psu DXMe T DD O gt Phone Port nds Speaker Indicator Function Keys nt Key SATS Marker Time Memory Battery level Status Elements The status elements provide general information about the operation and the functionality of the screens ZK Celltest Inc Compact Flash Memory Card A compact flash memory card is used to store log data The units typically ship with an extended temperature range version of these cards If you pur chase a card from another company we strongly recommend that you buy a high quality one IMPORTANT DO NOT REMOVE THE CARD WHEN THE UNIT IS POWERED ON ONLY REMOVE THE CARD AFTER YOU HAVE TURNED THE UNIT OFF CARDS LESS THAN 128MB ARE NOT SUPPORTED ALSO THE MINIMUM SIZE CARD THAT CAN BE USED IS 128MB AND THE MAXIMUM WE HAVE TESTED IS 1GB ONLY CF CARDS WITH FAT 16 FORMATTING ARE SUP PORTED Phone 1 2 3 4 and 5 Indicators There is an indicator on some screens that allows the user to switch between phones When the indicator is displayed in the lower left corner of the display the user can press the up down arrow keys to switch between phone displays Removable Battery The ZK SAMp with the portability option comes with a removable battery A fully charged battery will pr
26. eference number and the serial number of your unit A ZK representative will send you a 9 digit number When you receive the 9 digit number select the feature you want to enable on the following screen and press enter In the screen above we highlight Phone3 DISABLED and press ENTER The following screen appears Enter the Unlock Code and press ENTER The feature will now be ena bled 56 ZK Celltest Inc ZK User Manual A 1 Appendix A Cellsite File Format v4 1 NOTE A maximum of 3000 cellnames can be stored With a GPS capable unit the current position is compared to the cell s latitude longitude as entered into the table to determine the closest co color code cellsite Iname When a GPS fix is not available the cellsite name displayed is NOT guar anteed to be the correct one Cellsite txt Version 4 1 Field Field Name Example Units Min Max Blank Comments C CDMA optional Analog T TDMA optional Analog G GSM BSIC defined sector G amp GC records cannot be mixed in one cell Site file GC GSM Channel BCCH defined sector G GC records cannot be mixed in one cell site file iDen FUTURE A Analog Hyperband must be c 1 Cell Type C 1 char no CellSiteN ame and its affiliated SectorlD are concatenated on LCD display as ollows CellS iteName left justified SectoriD right justified Length of is TBD 2 Sector ID B 1 4 char no Cell Site Nam
27. en the phone is on an analog voice channel the phone requires at least 10 seconds of call down time time in idle mode prior to initiating the next call in order to go back into digital mode If the call down time for AMPS is set too low the phone can get stuck in analog mode for repeated calls We suggest this parameter to be set at no less than 20 seconds For the CDMA phones the Markov call option is available NOTE The phone and the infrastructure must support the selected Markov mode for this to function properly Alerts Setup When you select the Alerts Setup the following screen appears To change the thresholds highlight the parameter and press the ENT key Brackets appear around the selection Use the arrow keys to change the threshold values and press the ENT key to save To toggle the sound highlight and press the ENT key If it is in the ON position and an alert occurs a voice announcement will will be heard when in the SAM ALL realtime mode The alert threshold is compared to an average of the parameter over a 5 second period and if exceeded then an alert is generated Further in order to prevent multiple alerts of the same type occuring in a short period of time a 60 second squelch period is applied to that alert ZK User Manual 35 Setting up a CDMA Phone for Data Testing NOTE Data testing will NOT work when the phone is connected through a handsfree kit Data testing will only work when the p
28. f the marker next to it Time with GPS Available The Time indicator appears on every screen Units with GPS will display a circle and in the lower portion of the screen the number of locked in satel lites The time is generated by an internal clock backed up by an internal lithium battery The average lifespan of the internal battery is ten years and must be replaced by a factory authorized technician For units with GPS receivers the internal clock is updated by GPS time if there is a current fix each time the user goes into and out of the SAM ALL 10 ZK Celltest Inc Summary of Screens The summary table below shows all possible screens TABLE I SUMMARY OF ZK SAM ZK SAM AND ZK MPS DATA SCREENS Screen Options Required Description Name P 1 P CDMA Summary CDMA Technology Phone data summary of actives top candidates neighbors GSM UMTS Sum GSM Technology Phone data summary of serving and mary 1 neighbor channels graph GSM UMTS Sum GSM Technology Phone data summary of serving and mary 2 neighbor channels table EAMPS Summary None Phone data summary of serving channeland scanning data Phone Summary Additional ports Displays key data from multiple phones on a single screen GSM UMTS Hand GSM Technology Serving channel and last 6 handoffs off including strongest neighbor prior to handoff CDMA EAMPS CDMA Technology Serving channel and last 6 hard soft Handoff handoffs EAMPS sca
29. fied as well Analog If sector is blank then only SAT DCC are used for cellname look up E Channel Set 2 meee 1 a yes Hyperband must be c CDMAPN Color Code TOMA DVCC Cell Type C 501 decimal 0 511 GSM BSIC BSIC in OCTAL 0 77 not decimal 0 63 Cell Type T er len 255 Yes GSM Broacast Control CHannel BCCH BCCH in decimal 0 1023 are 10 decimal 0 102 iDEN Color Code Cell Type GC indi Cell Type l 4 decimal 0 15 for an analog only cell site Color Code s indicated in Analog DCC and Ana a Tipe h blank blank blank blank log SAT and The only case where blank is valid for this field is for Cell Type A Analog Analog Channel Set fields of the Cell Site Prefix
30. h memory card must be securely in its slot for the unit to function properly When removing the Compact Flash card you must FIRST turn the unit off otherwise you risk losing data and corrupting the compact flash card file system Voice Call Testing To get up and running right away do the following Step 1 Securely install the Compact Flash memory card in the unit Step2 After installation turn on the phones and turn on power Step 3 In the Phone Setup Screen select the correct phones for the phone connections Step 4 In the Main Menu highlight SAM ALL and press ENTER Step 5 Use the arrow keys to change screens Data Call Testing To get up and running right away do the following Step 1 Securely install the Compact Flash memory card in the unit Step2 After installation turn on the phones turn on power Step 3 In the Phone Setup Screen configure for the CDMA or GSM phone and connect the data capable phone to the unit NOTE Data testing works only when the direct connect cable is used Data testing will not work when the phone is connected to the unit via the handsfree kit Step 4 Enable the Dual Port Mode See Dual Port Setup on page 38 Step 5 Configure the Link See Link Setup on page 37 Step 6 In the Main Menu highlight SAM ALL and press ENTER Step 7 Use the left right arrow keys to change screens and go to the Data Test Screen ZK User Manual 7 Operation amp Scr
31. hone is directly connected to Phone Port 1 with the Dual Port Data Cable The following screen allows the user to set up a CDMA phone for data call testing The phone must be programmed for data testing service from the carrier Make sure you have enabled data testing To enable features See Features on page 55 In the Device 1 Setup menu select CDMA and Data testing Setup and press ENTER The following screen will appear Data Testing Data testing can be turned OFF or ON With data testing turned off the phone will still log voice data NOTE When this feature is turned on it overrides the Voice Auto Dial Set tings Auto Redial A single data test session consists of a FTP Upload FTP Download and an HTTP download With Auto redial turned ON the call will be terminated and re originated after each data test session With Auto redial turned OFF the call will be continuous and the data session will continue to repeat until the call is dropped or terminated by the user After the call is terminated it will attempt to re originate 36 ZK Celltest Inc FTP Upload The first of three data tests performed This test can be individually turned ON or OFF FTP Download The second of three data tests performed This test can be individually turned ON or OFF FTP Setup Allows the user to set up the FTP session parameters Highlighting FTP and pressing ENTER displays the following screen
32. ll Contact the network provider for the correct number Username This is the username required for the phone to log into the wireless data network Contact the network provider for the correct username Password This is the password required for the phone to log into the wireless data network Contact the network provider for the correct password APN The network APN must be entered here Default Setup This selection will default all of the data testing settings back to using the ZK Servers for FTP and HTTP factory defaults NOTE Default settings will NOT work for the Link Setup The Link Setup needs to be configured as it is dependent on the service provider and the phone 48 ZK Celltest Inc Setting up the GSM Scanner Phone By selecting the Scanner in the Phone Setup menu the following screen will appear Selecting GSM Scanner Scanning Setup will display the following screen The user may turn scanning on and off for each band In addition the user can program the number of strongest RSSI channels to perform a BSIC decode NOTE Decoding the BSIC significantly reduces the scanning speed ZK User Manual 49 User defined channels for GSM Scanning By selecting GSM Channel list on the previous screen the user can load in a defined channel list for the scanner to scan To create a user defined channel list select Export to export the default template to the expo
33. nal Strength just prior to the handoff e PNI Strongest PN of the Active Set e PN2 thru 6 Active Set members 16 ZK Celltest Inc EvDO Handoffs The following EvDO handoff screen is displayed when performing EvDO testing SINR Sector ID24 hex EvDO channel PN or Cellname c lo MR OCOSEBNR nn ssiChan RSS I PNTIS IHR PN2 PN3 PN4 PNS PN6 4EVDO Handoffs lt lt gt gt gt RealTime This screen shows the last 10 soft hard EvDO handoffs The information displayed in the table is the last measured data just prior to the handoff The following describes the items in the columns e mmiss the time in minutes seconds the handoff occurred e Chan Carrier frequency of the channel just prior to the handoff e Rssi Received Signal Strength just prior to the handoff e PNI Strongest PN of the Active Set e PN2 thru 6 Active Set members ZK User Manual 17 CDMA Message Screen An example of the CDMA Message screen is shown below Current serving channel data PEO 78 xam V EE Elass Type Summary z Reverse link St atus Re 30 Statusteg 38 30 pedido p 18 30 R StatusRe Forward Link 38 30 StatusReq 8 3 Order pese PurParan Traffic channel 3 highlighted in yellow 1 CDMA Messages 0500 20 38 30 m Scanner Down DT Scroll up down to see up to 1001 messages The CDMA message screen displays the over the air messages Uplink and downlink messages
34. ng screen allows the user to set up a GSM phone Nokia 6230 for data call testing The phone must be programmed for data testing serv ice from the carrier Make sure you have enabled data testing To enable features See Features on page 55 In the Phone Setup menu select GSM and Data testing Setup and press ENTER The following screen will appear Data Testing Data testing can be turned OFF or ON With data testing turned off the phone will still log voice data NOTE When this feature is turned on it overrides the Voice Auto Dial Set tings 44 ZK Celltest Inc Auto Redial A single data test session consists of a FTP Upload FTP Download and an HTTP download With Auto redial turned ON the call will be terminated and re originated after each data test session With Auto redial turned OFF the call will be continuous and the data session will continue to repeat until the call is dropped or terminated by the user After the call is terminated it will attempt to re originate FTP Upload The first of three data tests performed This test can be individually turned ON or OFF FTP Download The second of three data tests This test can be individually turned ON or OFF FTP Setup Allows the user to set up the FTP session parameters Highlighting FTP and pressing ENTER displays the following screen The unit ships with settings defaulted to the ZK FTP servers Ninety days of servic
35. nning R8 and or R19 CW Scan Scans user defined 30KHz channels screens ner and displays and reports the strong est GSM Scanning GSM Scanner Scans GSM channels for RSSI and Screen BSIC PN Call Follow PNS and or PN 19 PN Scanner follows the call of another phone and logs Missing neighbors and Pilot Polluters PN Channel Scan PNS and or PN 19 PN Scanner scans PNs of user ning defined channels and displays and logs the strongest Data Testing 1xRTT EvDO and GPRS Throughput and other data is dis EDGE Data Testing played and logged on a data call GSM Messages GSM Over the air messages CDMA Messages CDMA Over the air messages ZK User Manual Main Menu The Main Menu is displayed after the unit is powered on and goes through it s start up procedure The main menu contains the following functions TABLE 2 Menu Item Description SAM ALL Live call follow coverage and interference measuring Firmware Updates Information screen about software upgrade availability Configuration A list of menus to customize the configuration Utilities Screen for reformatting the Compact Flash card Additional utili ties may be added in the future System Information Provides software and hardware version information and availa ble free memory 12 ZK Celltest Inc SAM ALL Screens The SAM ALL data screens will appear when SAM ALL is highlighted in the Main
36. nt power for the Unit Power Assembly Red Wire Step 5 Remove the existing fuse from the vehicle fuse position you selected in Step 4 and insert it into the available fuse position in the mini fused lead Step 6 Insert the mini fused lead into the vehicle fuse position you selected in Step 4 Step 7 Referring to your vehicle owner s manual locate a fuse position with ignition sensor for the Unit Power Assembly Yellow Wire Step 8 Remove the existing fuse from the vehicle fuse position you selected in Step 7 and insert it into the available fuse position in the mini fused lead ZK Celltest Inc Step 9 Insert the mini fused lead into the vehicle fuse position you selected in Step 7 Step 10 Attach the Black lead of the Unit Power Assembly to a ground surface of the vehicle ZK User Manual Configurations Features Table Below is a table of the Features and Options available on each of the three data collection products ZK SAM ZK SAMp and ZK MPS ZK SAMp Y Mx NI Pia Y Y Y Pas Y Y Y Pia N Y Y AMPS Voce Y Y Y COMA Voice Y Y Y GSMVde Y Y Y COMA 200 Y Y Y EDORvO F F F cPmsEpg Y Y Y UMTS EvDO Rev A Q A d 4 Z lt lt I I Simultaneous phones lt lt NE NEN yY C Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y gt Y Y Y F F F o Y Y Y x F Nesom Y Y Y PNIQMEE Y Y Yy ON
37. ovide approximately five to seven hours of usage with the backlight turned off Before removing the battery make sure that external power is disconnected and the unit is turned off Loosen the thumb screw to the battery compartment and remove the battery door Pull the battery cord to remove the battery Battery compartment ZK User Manual Battery Level Indicator NOTE Valid for portable ZK SAMp A battery icon is used to indicate the current storage level of the main battery The unit will power down when the battery has only five percent charge remaining When the battery goes below 20 percent chargeit will beep five times every two minutes Replace the battery with a fully charged one Performance Tip A fully charged battery two hours of charging time typ ically provides five to seven hours of operation To increase the battery life set the backlight to its lowest setting Memory Indicator An icon is used to indicate the amount of free memory on the Compact Flash card for data When memory is full the data will be overwritten on a first in first out FIFO basis The amount of data stored is dependent on the disk space of the compact flash card Typically up to 5MB of data per CDMA phone and up to 7MB per GSM phone can be stored per hour Markers Pressing the ENTER key inserts a marker into the data file for post processing When a marker is entered the Pushpin icon will be displayed with the number o
38. rect connect cable is used Data testing will not work when the phone is connected to the unit via the handsfree kit Step 4 Enable the Dual Port Mode See Dual Port Setup on page 38 Step 5 Configure the Link See Link Setup on page 37 Step 6 In the Main Menu highlight SAM ALL and press ENTER Step 7 Use the left right arrow keys to change screens and go to the Data Test Screen ZK User Manual ZK SAM The vehicular only ZK SAM can be configured with a choice of air inter face technologies phone based scanners and up to three phone connec tions The ZK SAM is typically used by Cellular Technicians to monitor and troubleshoot network and cell site related problems ZK SAMp The vehicular portable ZK SAMp can be configured with a choice of air interface technologies phone based scanners internal 30KHz scanners and up to five phone connections The portability option adds two batteries and a carrying case allowing indoor walkaround measurements The ZK SAMp is used for indoor outdoor measurement applications and for benchmarking ZK MPS The vehicular ZK MPS can be configured with a choice of air interface technologies phone based scanners internal Comarco multi technology scanners and up to five phone connections The ZK MPS is typically used by System Performance and RF Engineers to optimize cellular networks ZK Celltest Inc Quick Start NOTE The Compact Flas
39. rement value the faster the scanning speed however only incrementally faster Typical scanning speed for a single carrier with a PN Increment of 2 is approxi mately 4 seconds Selecting the Scan Channel List Setup displays the following screen where the user can enter the channels to scan and the band The unit will log the top 25 PNs in each channel 42 ZK Celltest Inc Setting up a GSM Phone The following screen allows the user to set up a GSM phone as Phone Two The autodial can be set up and the phone number can be entered by the user In addition the user can choose to log over the air GSM messages Alerts Setup When you select the Alerts Setup the following screen appears ZK User Manual 43 To change the thresholds highlight the parameter and press the ENT key Brackets appear around the selection Use the arrow keys to change the threshold values and press the ENT key to save To toggle the sound highlight and press the ENT key If it is in the ON position and an alert occurs a voice announcement will will be heard when in the SAM ALL realtime mode The alert threshold is compared to an average of the parameter over a 5 second period and if exceeded then an alert is generated Further in order to prevent multiple alerts of the same type occuring in a short period of time a 60 second squelch period is applied to that alert Setting up a GSM phone for GPRS_EDGE Data Testing The followi
40. rt folder on the flash card Turn the unit off and remove the flash card and insert it into your PC and edit it with a text editor or Excel Save the file as a comma delimited ASCII text file named gsm_channels txt and place it in the import folder on the flash card Go back to the screen shown above and select import to import the new channel list into the main memory 50 ZK Celltest Inc GSM CDMA Cell Site NOTE A maximum of 3000 cellsite names can be stored A three sector cell will use three cellsite names NOTE On firmware versions prior to 8 0D the cell site file was called cellname txt This format has been changed to the new cellsite txt file format Units with versions 8 0D and later will still import the older cellname txt file but will export it in the cellsite txt format See Appendix A Cellsite File Format v4 1 on page A 1 for the file format of the cellsite txt file The Cellsite feature allows users to define their own names of the cell or sector for CDMA or GSM cells A table is provided that stores the cellsite information Default tables are pre loaded For an example of the default cellsitee table This table can be transferred to a PC to use as a template for editing and imported back into the unit The name of the cell or sector will be displayed based on its PN or BSIC and hyperband If more than one cellname has the same PN or BSIC and hyperband then the unit chooses the closest cellsite name to th
41. t 1001 mesages 26 ZK Celltest Inc GSM RSSI BSIC Scanning Screen This screen requires the GSM RSSI BSIC scanning option to display The following screen displays the GSM scanning information Graph of strongest GSM channels Channel BSIC and cellname GSM Scan 850 A Phone The user can select to decode BSIC or not The BSIC will not be displayed if the user chooses not to decode the BSIC the user defined cellname will be displayed ZK User Manual 27 GPRS EDGE Data Testing Screen An example of the GPRS EDGE Data Testing screen is shown below Serving channel Test Type Radio Link Layer Throughput and retries Application layer throughput Time slots used Three tests are performed http download ftp upload and ftp download The current average and peak values for the session are displayed and logged Below is a description of the displayed parameters e FTP DL IP IP address of the phone under test e RLC TP Radio Link Control Layer Throughput e RLC Ret Radio Link Control Layer Retries e APPL TP Application Layer Throughput TS Used Time Slots used CS Coding Scheme ZK Celltest Inc EAMPS Summary If the phone switches to EAMPS mode then the screen automatically switches to show EAMPS data Screen Elements Zoom Line Control channels are shown as inverse video light text on a dark background Voice channels are shown as normal video dark text on a light
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